The Sun. — London, England, 1809-07-08 00:00:00

NAVAL NEW S. PLYMOUTH, JVLY G.—Arrived the Swallow Sloop of Wor, Captain MILNER, from Lisbon, parted from the Lisbon-fleet off this Port yesterday ; the Peacock sloop •of War, Captain PEAKS, from a cruize. ' Sailed his Majesty's ship Unicorn, of 36 guns, Captain HARDYMAN, for Portsmouth ; the Martin Letter of Marque, Captain BAND, for Madeira, John 13211 cutter privateer, Captain TREGOWETII 4 . for Guernsey; and the sloop Recovery, ALLix, for Jersey. Arrived the Dorset yacht, Captain BEABAZON, from Bristol. Sailed the Lyra gun=brig, to the Westward:, ISLANDS SCILLY, JULY3.—Ljnaar h6te yes terday out.of the Spanish schooner La ./3ejaiid, from Gijon, bound to Bristol with wool, tl; .. ekillowina . Spanish Gentlemen, charged with Dispatches to the Mritidi Government : they will proceed from hence in a fa c st-tailing Packet 'to Penzance ; and take the Mail . for.London ; viz. Don ANDRES ANGEL; Don PABLO DE VENTADERS, Don JUAN SILBERIZ, Don SEouitho Vslnso, with three servants, baggage, &c. JULY 4.--Caine in his Majesty's brig Or'ettes, from Ply - mouth, with fOurteen soldiers belonging to the 2d Veterat Battalion, to join the company do ing duty at this Garrison. SHEERNESS, JULY his Majesty's ships Lavinia, Cirfnilla, Gluckstadt, and Sailed the Prote6tor guu-brig forPortst*mith,.,and the Pilot for the Downs. Came down the River, and anchored at theNore, the tfioohvich store-ship. PORTSitOU'TH, JULY 7.—Arrived this morning - . from the Eastward, his Majesty's ships Dejad, Itz. dignani , Raleigh, and Charger. Sailed the . William store-ship, for London ; also bis .Majesty's ship Jamaica . , with a convoy for New )lpolk, )3puND; Alfred, BENNIRVro ' -, for Newfoundland ; hik_Majesty's ships La Laird and camel, together with a convoy for the East Indies ; NOrthahiptisn, (hi. 'Pitt, Union , Charlton, 11'01. Pulleney, Lady Lushington, Sarah •Christiantz, and Windham Eist Indiamen, for ditto. . . Gll3.ii LTAR, J . UtiE 2.—Yeslerday, the Suivallante frigate arrived from Cadiz, having Lientenaht-Ge neral Sir JOHN CHAnoocx and his suite on board, his Excellency being appointed to 'the command of this Garrison. The 40:h regiment are now ernes barking on hoard of transports in the-Bay, and sail for Lisbon the first fair . wind; 'udder 'convoy Of the Norge. 2XTRACT OF A LETTER FROXI AN OFFICER ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP GUERRIERE TO HIS. FRIEND IN LONDON, DATED FUNCHAL, MADEIRA; ‘27T11" FEBRUARY, 1808. 7 - " .We arrived here on the 22(1 sage of twelve days, from Spithead"AreVer6 l lucky enough in capturing a . rretich PrivAfer'tif'-14r guns and 60 men, toy ether with hel;.l)Pttei EnglM Ship, which she bad just taken, oirCiise - . Finisterre. " The English troops on this Island at present consists at the 3d and I Ith Regiments . , with so' Me 'artillery., the whole amounting to 1 . 706 . men. Every thing on the Island , is remarkably de*r, a n d t res ti beef is so scarCe, that we have not been supplied with any since we arrived here: We tail to-mor row for Jamaica, having on board his Grace the Duke of MANCHESTER, Governor of that Island. " His NiajestY's•Ship Hyacinth arrived here froth- England yesterday : she sails'immetiiately dis• patches ctor Rio de Janeiro. The Coltiiimte, Car: YEQ, arrived here two days ago, and saill With dis patches from Sir SIDNEY SMITH, off the Tagus, for the Brazils. - - " , Admiral GARDNER has struck his flag on board the Btitomart, at Yarmouth; preparatory to his tak ing a command in the secret Expedition. —At Chat ham, Portsmouth, Deal, Ramsgate, Canterbury, and Harwich,•the most active exertions are making to fit out the Grand Expfdition‘ Report again busily states, that more than one Expeiiition' .tart, nnd at one time, rind the cifeurnstances mention e d t o us make'it probable. Lord CHATHAM will certainly command•one, 'and Sir Joiltql-loPs another.; and it is said that . it is' Dot Oprobabie. but that there may be a' third, with which the Marquis of HUNT - :LEY will go, and Lord COCHRANE will have the naval command of it.—The name of Sir SAMUEL. Hoon is added.to the list of Naval tierces who will go with the Expedition now starting.,--As all the ships cannot be ready for the receptiou.oftrOops be fore th e I 2tli instant, no embarkation will commence till afterthat•day. It is nbw reported thAt the Grand Expedition will not start so soon as first intended. Sir • EYRE Coozz and Lientenant•General Nl`K.Esztz` FRAZER have both arrived in town froth • Ports mouth ; and it is said that Lord CHATHAM does not leave town for a Week.—The Marquis•of HUNT.. LEY goes 'with his regiment (the 42d) and • the Highland brigade from the Dow ns.—The Commis sariat Department in the-present service will be se lect, and well filled up, and distinguished for local mercantile knowledge, being rna4ers of the language of the country they go to. .The gth Regiment of Light Dragoons being. or dered on service, are to' be relieved by .tire pith Light Dragoons; part of theth are arrivaL7at»Stilisi.; bury, on their march to Hounslow.. • .•-• £ Lieutenant-Colonel DALZEL, of the tstqlegimetst of Guards, goes out Deputy Judge A:diticamirit,h, the Expedition. ..• : SEPT L ROYAL DECREE. • " It is right that the. Spanish people should close the present struggle with the c-ertainty of leaving to their posterity an inheritance of prosperity and glory, .worthy of their mighty exertions, and the'. blood they have shed. The Supreme Junta has never lost sight of this objet ; which, amid the continual agi .tation caused by the events of the war, has always been its principal desire. 'The advantages. gained by the enemy, for which they are -indebted legs to their valour than their superiority of nurnber, required ex clusively the attention of Government'; . but "the same time', the painktl and bitter- relleelion Was made, that the disasters which the *nation suffers, have 'been occasioned solely by those salutary insti 7 tutions having fallen into oblivion, which in happier times established the prOsperity and 'strength of the . *Stele. .The usurping.atntiition 'Of some, the indolent abandonment of . other, had reclaced, them to no, thing ; but the Junta, ,from the moment of its in stallation, solemnly incurred the 'obligation to re establish them. The ticrieis now arrived: to apply . the hand to this great work,. and toprojeet.tberee. forms which ought to be.niade in our Administra tion ; grounding them on the fundamental laws of the Monarchy, which can alone 'consolidate them; and.taking counsel, as has 'already bqen announced to the public, of the wise Men who think prOper to state their opirlionS. . . The King, our Sovereign, Don ket i dinarld and 'in hiS. Royal name , the Suprenie Governing Junta of tile Kingdom, desiring thereforelhat the Spanish nation - may appear to the eyes of /the world with the dignity, due to their heroic eixertions;, that the rights and privileges of the citizens'may be secure from new attacks; and that the fountains of public felicity, the impediments which hitherto bbstrueted their course,heing removed, may run freely When war shall have ceased . , and repair what inverate *des potism and the present devastation have destroyed,' has.decreed as follow's:— " I. That the legal and known repreSeutation of the Monarchy, in its ancient Conies, shall be rre established, to be convoked the next year, or sootier, if circumstances permit. • " 11. That the Junta, immediately ) occupy itself 114 ascertaining the mode', number, and class, ac= cording to which, under the circumstances of the present times, the meting of the Deputies of this august assembly ought to take place ; for which purpose a Commission of five Members shall be no 'tninated, who, with all the attention and diligence 'which this great concern requires, shall examine ,and prepare all the'proje&s . and plans, which after being :examined and approved of by the Junta, may be 'employed for the convocation and foimatibn of 'the Mit Cortes. " 111. That besides this subje&, which, from its urgency requires the ,first attention, the Junta ex tends its' investigations to the following objeEts, in order 'to propose them successively to the nation united in Cortes:—The means and resources of rugin'taini'ng the holy war, in which with so much justice the nation is involved, until the attainment of the glorious end which it has proposed to itself— the means of securing the observance of the funda mental lawsof the kingdom—the means of melio rating.our legislation, .of eradicating-abuses which have crept itr,. and of facilitating its improvement— the collection, 'Administration, and distribution of the revenues-;the necessary reforms in the system of public instru&ion and education—the means of regulating and sustaining a permanent army. in time of peke and war, agreeably to the condition and revenue of the State—the means of preserving a Marine suited to the same 61*as—the part which the Americans ought to take in the union of the -Cortes. • _ - . IV. In btder to col(' information necessary such iMportant discussioni, 'the Junta shall con sult the Superior Provincial Junta's, tribunals, Cor poratiolfs, Chapters, Bishops, and Universities; and shall listen to wise men and illustrious. " That this Decree be printed, published, and circulated -with due formalities, that it may arrive at the knowledge ot, the whole nation. " The Marquis of ASTORGA, President." " The Royal Castle - of Sevilte,-May 2Z." ROYAL ORDER. " The King our Sovereign, D. Ferdinand VII. and lit his Royal name; the Suprecre Central Govern ing Junta of the Kingdom, considering that the ,reat and valuable dominions, which Spain possesses )0 the Indies, are not properly colonies or flietories, like those of other nations, but an essential and in tegral' part of the Spanish kingdom. ;. and desiring to draw close, and to render indisSoltible. the sacred ties which unite - all the dominions of Spain, as well as repay the heroic loyalty and patriotism of which they have given so - decisive a proof, 'at a Con junatire the most critical .that any nation has ever witnessed ; his Majesty hereby declares, that the kingdoms, proVinees and isles, which form the be forv.,,ilid-40nlitlionis, ought to pl - ssess 4 national Re presentation ilear his Royal person, and to consti. tute a part of the Supreme Central Governing Junta -of the kingdom, by means, of its correspondent de- - puties. From the time that this Royal Resolution takes effeid, the Vice Royalties of New Spain, Peru, the new kingdom of Granada, and Buenos Ayres, together with the Independent Captaincies•Getieral of ,the Isles of Cuba, Porto Rico, Goatemala; Chili, the pfovinces of Venezuela and the Philippines, shall each possess the right to nominate an individual as the Representative of its respective 'district. In consequence of this resolution, your . _ Excellency will take care, that in the chief cities of the Viceroyalty under your command, the Provincial Assemblies shall proceed - to name three individuals, of knoWn probity, talents, and information, exempt from every thing which can lessen them in public opinion, your Excellency instilling into the minds of the Provincial Assemblies, the strupulouS exactness 'With which they ought to proceed to the eleetion of the 'afore said individuals; and that. the electors,. totally divest ing themselves of that spirit . of party, which i s wont to predominate 'in such ases,.shall attend only to strict merit and those essential qualities which con stitute a good citizen and h zealous patriot. "The election of the three individuals being com. tpleted, the Assembly shall proceed,.with the usual ! - sblernnity; to'cast tots for one of the three ; and Cite; first,individual whose name shall be drawn,, shall be considered as the eleded itepresentative,;- •The As . , s - embly shall immedlatt.ly'coni'municate to your Ex cellency, a certified notice °t i the pers , m on whOM the lot has fal en,;hig name, title; cOuntry,.?.ge, em plm'r-mmt, or protes,,ion together, with such other circumstances, political and mural, as may relate to him. - , " As soon as your Excellency shall have received the certificate of the person eletaed in the Capital,, and elsewhere in your Viceroyalty, you shall pro ceed in conjunalion with the Royal - Council ; and, alter dice eNamination of the aforesaid 'certificates, shall , elect : three individualS out of .the whole, in whop the:most commendable qualities unite, either . rrdttlYi2ur 011,;(1 persohl;l knowledke opinro7n,'• or from pUblic . report ; ankl' in ease of ditierdnte; the majority shall' deeide. " "These -three shall be again subje6fed to lot in flit- Royal CoC.3.:eil, your Excellency presiding -- ; and the first ivho shall be dra , ,vo,,' be held as' the duly eledeLDepUty:of that V..ingdoin; and: Repre sentative. in 'the Supreme Central Governing Junta of - theSlVlZrckv; with express residence at this " The Provincial Councils shall immediately after this proceed in your and the other capitals,,to give t heir reOective povs,..ers or instrudtionk, expressing in, them the chief objects of national interest which it is desirableto 'promote. _ . " The Representative shall Olen take hi% depar ture. fo r thus capital ; \ and of the necessary expekes of his voyage, and of ~'his • subsistence and proper appearance 4ftel• his arrival, your excellency shall, with the'4anta of the Royal Revenue, take charge; 'assignlng.lo each the proper quota which they ought to pay, it being well understood that his equipment, though respectable-,• . should nevertheless be ecOno- Ttbical ; and that hiS salafy shostild not exceed 6000 dollars 'per annum . _ _ " To the above communication made in the name of his Majesty, your Excellency will be pleased to pay the most punctual observance, taping the most special care 'that there be no delay in the execution of it. , - , . , " God preserve, cc " Given at the Royal Palace of Alcazar, &c. &c." Letters were .yesterday received from Cadiz and Seville. We. subrnit to our readers the following interesting letter, which announces -the SacteSsftil termination of the battle of General BLAKb, though we find, from other quarters,. the issue of it-stated. to be unfavourable to his army • - ‘`‘ SEITILLE, JUNE hate good news froth Arragon, where General Blake has repulsed the main body of the French atnik, which had attacked him br his positions neat Alcaniz, on the 23d ult. I understand the Spanish cavalry once more gave way, and had thrown the Infilitry into confusion, as at Medellin ; but the day was retrieved by the admirable position of the rear-guard; - the firmness, of the artillery, apd above all the judgment and skill of the General. In the •army'at La Carolina, Gem Ventiegas% outposts have had some partial affairs, in which the Spaniards have in general been Successful. When I last heard front Cdesta's army, by a letter dated the 3 Ist, his advaneed gdards, under Generals Lagas and Bassecourt, were stipPoSed to be engaged, but.the main body of his army remained inactive, to the great mortification of its veteran Commander; who is supposed to be impatient to attack . 5 but boond,by a solemn promise to -- Sir Arthur Welles ley to suspend his operations . till- the English army has 'reached the Tagus. - Stich is our military intel=. ligenee ; but the greatest niece of news is the Decree of the Government Summoning a General Cortes of ,the kingdom, a measure long looked for, and so 'be neficial to thecountry, that it would perhaps be un grateful in a native Spaniard, like myself, to mix any doubts or suspicions with the sentiments of hope, gra titude, •and.delight which 'the prospeet of a free GO vernm'ent in this faveured country is calculated, to inspire. But we understand here, that among the five persons named under the second article, tri exa mine and. prepare the plans for holding the Corte& there 'is, indeed, one IsMprn the public, voice would designate For such an office, .brat that the wis dom of that choke is corinterbahmc'ed (I teust it may not be counteracted and thwarted altogether) . by ,the introdutiipkt into . the .saine.-Cormnission of• man most notorious in the Junta for his opposition, to eieryliberal measure, and to the Cortes in parti cular. .You will easily suppose that the Member whom the Junta approve of. is Don Gaspar Jovel lanos—talents and inflexible honesty like his make themselVes known throughout Europe ; and if the Junta had wisely joined to him such men as Garac, Campo Lagrada, Valdes and La Romana, you- would, no doubt, have been ,enabled to judge. of their choice upon the haw mention of their names but I dOubt whether you or the people of England have ever heaid of one Requelme, but he is well known at Port St. Marys - and Grenada, and was not a stranger in the, anti-chamber of Godoy. 'Would to God I were convinced that his' talents, though of a very different description, could not have as much influence on our destiny as those of a Saavedra oi . Joyellanos. It is .a fearful omen of the intentions, or of the discernment of the Junta, to have nonai , - nated such a man to prepare a system of liberty for the_ country, and though the friends of freedom in Spain are sensible of the disinterested spirit which has led to the adoption of the Decree of the 25th of May, they cannot divest themselveS of all ttnea= siness and distrust while Requelme is entrusted with such a commission, and e;hile the laws against the liberty of the press, thoUgb not stria:ly entuiced, re main unrepealed, 'to the _terror of lioneit -men; and the disgrace of a Government which 'professes to be popular." , As Mr. ILLINGWORTH (who ryas stated in the late law suit against Colonel WARDLE to have been privy, to the whele-. tiegoeiatibit: With M. - Wttrolif, the upholsterer, and indeed, to have been the, pem. , niary agent, in order' to keep the Colonel's name, out of the transaEtion, that the purity of his, conduct might no he brOfiglit'inenquestion) has not cline 7J - toward - tut:speterr 'the rehSrge 'ol. , Aerjutry,'* against the witnesses, ,we may fairly infer, !.-1):4,D4r,* Iz,..Likcis‘i:•intvi has nothing to samybickr night iu dUce the public to "suspend tlceir. pie/gracile 'upon the motives, ccoduEt, and ebaral;:ter of the - Colonel. ,—The Colonel is one. of th e ,pdvpcates for and before he -began to felorm the nrilion,at it wotAd have bt-en lull as *ell if be bad Set out with a reform tearer home. It-is someti.bg 'whimsical that a musical 'mouth piece should 14e bean invented by a Mr. Piper. Ab7E.RTISEMEIVI TO. THE SONS OF FREEDOM. A General 'Meeting will be held:an WednerAar next, the 12th July, at the Crown 'A d Anchor vecn, hi the Strand, to confider of Softie modey r.- lieving Colonel Wardle,,froM hi.s late pect.:2;ary ein= barassments,.arising, not Iran any extravagance of his own ; but from a .generous motive, to reward the exertions of .11"Irs. Ann Clarke, f(r:tlie last eight months, has been co=operating th 6 Co , lottel,.night and day, in the service of their Conw ry ‘ s It is hoped that 'none Will attend but thok;eiv% entirely approve of Colonel Wardle's oharattrr nua . eondu6t, and who are at the same time, friends tá Parliathentary Reform. ' • The Chair win be taken at twelve &chick. • W. C. Chairman. . . EXTRACT OF A-LEFTER: FROM HtLIGOLANI), TUNE 2G you with pleasure, that yesterday one., of our crnizers and a stria' cutter of 33 , to 40 eons,- Captain M‘Dotigall, .arrived _from the jade. They, in concert .with other t wo snbli vessels, ,landed at Eckvvarden, mustering abOtit 34 men. The inha bitants pointed out. to them the stores of the Dou a .. nees,'Or,of sei•T.ed goods, which had been accuatu 'rating for a long time back; - they put all the inhabi- tantS in requisition, and they laboured faithful!y the Whole were shipped in such vessels as could be found that Avere also priies. Captain IN4`Doug,all. ,says, that 10 or 80. , people could counted al a time on the beach ; Go Douanecs were in the neigh bourhood, but durst not-attack them ;,,they got hold of one and brought him off.prisoner. They werd two days ,on shore, and conveyed all 'th e i r b ooty safe, under th e proteelion of their own vessels in. the river Jade. It will be a valuable prize to them.:' Mrs. JORDAN was to take leave of the Dublin au;=, dience on Monday, lest,„ in the part of The Country Girl, which inay be .cotAidered as one of the very bet specimeps of comicaliiity ever-seen on Thea; , trical noaids. • C 1 The new piece.. wi*n Is to be broil / alit forward next week at the Hay-Market Theatre is the pro. duaion of Mr.: Dtmot4n, sou of the respeaable naffer of the Bath Company, and the author of see ral works of approved merit. , The new Drama is of the serious kind; With, some: music cornposed by KMLLY, who iS well acquainted with stage effecl.--: , The piece itself, according to Green-room report, .is likely to be a favourite with the A theatrical expedition to the Isle of Man had recently been planned by STEPHEN KEMBLE, who had embarked pact of his company for that place; but on his arrival 1w found that a theatrical company was already there under thetnanagement of M r; MO,s, and he was obliged to, return re infeact. COOKS is engaged to perforth for a, few nights at Edinburgh, and was to make his appearance there on Monday lait; in the part of ilichatcf the Third.--- Mrs. YOUNG, late Miss BIGG,S ; is at present the theatrical heroine of that place. A Mrs. CLARKE . , who, it is said, has been as hutch distinguished for' provincial celebrity as sti Itaress, 38 her tiatne , sake has been in the political world, is engaged for three seasons at the new Covent-Garden Theatre. She is now performing at Newcastle, - ' • • - .FAw4aii• concluded his engagement at castle, and. is priieeeding to Eiiuburgh ; bat in• the mean , time phidently idenanifiei himself for travel ling expences by performing . a few nipts at Shields and Sunderland. Fairlop Fair was yesterday attended by a numerous assemblage of visitants. Several gangs of sailors and others from -Wapping Old Stairs, went doW n t o t he scene of amusement i n carriages, with Colours flying; and music: - Puppet-shows; wild beasts, fruit stalls) 'gingerbread; ribboissanditays of every description, Were arranged in ; thefusnal,stylei and several excel lent matches of 'single stick were consested by the neighbouring farmers. Thefounder- of this fair was a Mr: Daniel Day, , a resident of St. John's, Wap ping, by trade a Block-Maker. He bad a small es , * rate near the oak; and when he received his rents :it was his,custom to treat his tenants with beans_,and bacon under the canopy of .the oak. This custom' Continued after his 'death. , The Engine, Block, and Pump Makers of Wapping have since 'made' a visit: to, the tree; on the first Friday in every July, in, compliment to their old friend and brother This venerable and sttipendons: tree stands in Hain suit Forest, about. ten hmiles from London, four from the fainous seat of the late Earl of TYJnay, about three from Ward, and two from the village of Chigwell,•in the county of Essex'. The irUnk; or main tree of this lord .of the -forest, /measures girth 66 feet, or 22 feet in diameter; from.which 17 large branches issue, each of , the./ diniensions of a tree Of moderate growth; and most of them mea suring not less than _l2 'feet- in girth. - For many years past it has been gradually decaying, yet it still retains periodical powers of vegetation, though - the loftiest parts of the boughs are W;thered... About 20 yearS ago, in the meridian -of the day, the whole Shadow extended over an acre of grotind. We have not' been able to learn with any degree of precision, the age of this national ornament ; 'bet comparing it with ,other large oaks, whose ages 'have been ascer tained, andparticularly Witli•that viewed by his Ma jesty in Oifordshire, and lately felled in the domains of one of the the girth,.Of Which was 25 feet, and said to be Wt.) years old,it may not - be un fair to CO!dude that Faii:'l6iiOak,.being. nearly thrice as large, three tirp . its age. • On . .ThnrsAay, t the . fudiWt....Messrs. Hartley and Bovyliag's .stage, waggc2,o * Vu'its return from Man chester to. Leeds, wkrsoverturoed atClayion Heights, Owing to.theroad-giving way, and the waggon, with its cements, precipitated -down, the , frightful pre =cipice .at tbar: :place. The waggoner, with great .-iadraitness, pushed forward his hbese.s, Which, .by a• powerful- effort,- broke, the shafts, . and extr i cate d themselves from then perilous situation. , The wag- II • gon,;tiiils and , were thew precipitated down the erninen% and threatened io crush the houses in the ; '.village.below ; but a tree,.fottunately standing in the .wary, prevented that'calamitY. The.lOak, Captain ,r,H9.5fs9N, which sailed last week froM Greenock for 'New' York, carried out the following British rudnutatturss :-470,000 yards of . cottons, print4and plain ; .51,000 yards of linen ; .2490 yards of. theck; . 1000 yards of woollen ; also' cotton hose, silk and cotton mixed. barrel.